| 1 | Fun. | We Are Young [feat. Janelle Monáe] | Some Nights (2012) | |
| 2 | Gotye | Somebody That I Used to Know [feat. Kimbra] | Making Mirrors (2011) | |
| 3 | Alex Clare | Too Close | The Lateness of the Hour (2011) | |
| 4 | Linkin Park | Burn It Down | Living Things (2012) | |
| 5 | The Lumineers | Ho Hey | The Lumineers (2012) | |
| 6 | Muse | Madness | The 2nd Law (2012) | |
| 7 | Neon Trees | Everybody Talks | Picture Show (2012) | |
| 8 | Mumford & Sons | I Will Wait | Babel (2012) | |
| 9 | Grouplove | Tongue Tied | Never Trust a Happy Song (2011) | |
| 10 | M83 | Midnight City | Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (2011) | |
| 11 | The Black Keys | Lonely Boy | El Camino (2011) | |
| 12 | Of Monsters and Men | Little Talks | My Head Is an Animal (2012) | |
| 13 | Fun. | Some Nights | Some Nights (2012) | |
| 14 | Imagine Dragons | It’s Time | Night Visions (2012) | |
| 15 | Awolnation | Sail | Megalithic Symphony (2011) | |
| 16 | Coldplay | Paradise | Mylo Xyloto (2011) | |
| 17 | Rise Against | Satellite | Endgame (2011) | |
| 18 | Walk the Moon | Anna Sun | Walk the Moon (2012) | |
| 19 | No Doubt | Push and Shove | Push and Shove (2012) | |
| 20 | Foo Fighters | Walk | Wasting Light (2011) | |
| 21 | The Black Keys | Little Black Submarines | El Camino (2011) | |
| 22 | The Killers | Runaways | Battle Born (2012) | |
| 23 | Passion Pit | Take a Walk | Gossamer (2012) | |
| 24 | Jack White | Freedom at 21 | Blunderbuss (2012) | |
| 25 | Linkin Park | I’ll Be Gone | Living Things (2012) | |
| 26 | The Dirty Heads | Spread Too Thin | Cabin by the Sea (2012) | |
| 27 | Foster the People | Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls) | Torches (2011) | |
| 28 | Green Day | Oh Love | ¡Uno! (2012) | |
| 29 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | Thrift Shop [feat. Wanz] | The Heist (2012) | |
| 30 | The Black Keys | Gold on the Ceiling | El Camino (2011) | |
| 31 | Slightly Stoopid | Top of the World | Top of the World (2012) | |
| 32 | Florence + the Machine | Shake It Out | Ceremonials (2011) | |
| 33 | Foo Fighters | These Days | Wasting Light (2011) | |
| 34 | Youngblood Hawke | We Come Running | Non-album Single (2012) [Later on Wake Up (2013)] | |
| 35 | Fun. | Carry On | Some Nights (2012) | |
| 36 | The Offspring | Days Go By | Days Go By (2012) | |
| 37 | Alabama Shakes | Hold On | Boys & Girls (2012) | |
| 38 | Bush | The Sound of Winter | The Sea of Memories (2011) | |
| 39 | Silversun Pickups | Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) | Neck of the Woods (2012) | |
| 40 | The Gaslight Anthem | “45” | Handwritten (2012) | |
| 41 | Grouplove | Itchin’ on a Photograph | Never Trust a Happy Song (2011) | |
| 42 | Rise Against | Wait for Me | Endgame (2011) | |
| 43 | The Killers | Miss Atomic Bomb | Battle Born (2012) | |
| 44 | Awolnation | Not Your Fault | Megalithic Symphony (2011) | |
| 45 | Green Day | Let Yourself Go | ¡Uno! (2012) | |
| 46 | Atlas Genius | Trojans | Non-album Single (2012) [Later on When It Was Now (2013)] | |
| 47 | Of Monsters and Men | Mountain Sound | My Head Is an Animal (2012) | |
| 48 | Two Door Cinema Club | Sleep Alone | Beacon (2012) | |
| 49 | Matt & Kim | Let’s Go | Lightning (2012) | |
| 50 | Deadmau5 | Professional Griefers [feat. Gerard Way] | >Album Title Goes Here< (2012) | |
| 51 | Three Days Grace | Chalk Outline | Transit of Venus (2012) | |
| 52 | Shinedown | Bully | Amaryllis (2012) | |
| 53 | Imagine Dragons | Radioactive | Night Visions (2012) | |
| 54 | The Lumineers | Stubborn Love | The Lumineers (2012) | |
| 55 | Jack White | Love Interruption | Blunderbuss (2012) | |
| 56 | Soundgarden | Live to Rise | Avengers Assemble (2012) | |
| 57 | The Shins | Simple Song | Port of Morrow (2012) | |
| 58 | Tame Impala | Elephant | Lonerism (2012) | |
| 59 | Metric | Youth Without Youth | Synthetica (2012) | |
| 60 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Monarchy of Roses | I’m with You (2011) | |
| 61 | The Used | I Come Alive | Vulnerable (2012) | |
| 62 | Cage the Elephant | Aberdeen | Thank You, Happy Birthday (2011) | |
| 63 | Switchfoot | Dark Horses | Vice Verses (2011) | |
| 64 | Blink-182 | After Midnight | Neighborhoods (2011) | |
| 65 | Cold War Kids | Minimum Day | New Norms (2012) | |
| 66 | The Maccabees | Pelican | Given to the Wild (2012) | |
| 67 | The Hives | Go Right Ahead | Lex Hives (2012) | |
| 68 | The Gaslight Anthem | Here Comes My Man | Handwritten (2012) | |
| 69 | Twenty One Pilots | Holding On to You | Non-album Single (2012) [Later on Vessel (2013)] | |
| 70 | Silversun Pickups | The Pit | Neck of the Woods (2012) | |
| 71 | Anberlin | Someone Anyone | Vital (2012) | |
| 72 | The Griswolds | Beware the Dog | Non-album Single (2012) [Later on Be Impressive (2014)] | |
| 73 | The Joy Formidable | This Ladder Is Ours | Non-album Single (2012) [Later on Wolf’s Law (2013)] | |
| 74 | The Features | How It Starts | Wilderness (2011) | |
| 75 | The Vaccines | Teenage Icon | Come of Age (2012) | |
| 76 | Bad Religion | Fuck You | Non-album Single (2012) [Later on True North (2013)] | |
| 77 | The Mowgli’s | I’m Good | Sound the Drum (2012) | |
| 78 | The Neighbourhood | Sweater Weather | I’m Sorry… (2012) | |
| 79 | Linkin Park | Lost in the Echo | Living Things (2012) | |
| 80 | Shinedown | Unity | Amaryllis (2012) | |
| 81 | Awolnation | Kill Your Heroes | Megalithic Symphony (2011) | |
| 82 | No Doubt | Settle Down | Push and Shove (2012) | |
| 83 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Look Around | I’m with You (2011) | |
| 84 | Chevelle | Hats Off to the Bull | Hats Off to the Bull (2011) | |
| 85 | Seether | Tonight | Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray (2011) | |
| 86 | Mumford & Sons | Lover of the Light | Babel (2012) | |
| 87 | Phillip Phillips | Home | The World from the Side of the Moon (2012) | |
| 88 | Ed Sheeran | The A Team | + (2011) | |
| 89 | The Lumineers | Stubborn Love | The Lumineers (2012) | |
| 90 | Imagine Dragons | Demons | Night Visions (2012) | |
| 91 | Phillip Phillips | Gone, Gone, Gone | The World from the Side of the Moon (2012) | |
| 92 | Bush | Baby Come Home | The Sea of Memories (2011) | |
| 93 | Young the Giant | Cough Syrup | Young the Giant (2010) | |
| 94 | Sublime with Rome | Take It or Leave It | Yours Truly (2011) | |
| 95 | Naked and Famous | Young Blood | Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010) | |
| 96 | Cage the Elephant | Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked | Cage the Elephant (2008) | |
| 97 | Sublime with Rome | Panic | Yours Truly (2011) | |
| 98 | Mumford & Sons | Roll Away Your Stone | Sigh No More (2009) | |
| 99 | Weaving the Fate | Rack City | WTF (2012) | |
| 100 | Beck | Looking for a Sign | Non-album Single (2012) | |
| 101 | Beck | I Just Started Hating Some People Today | Non-album Single (2012) | |
| 102 | Lana Del Rey | Ride | Paradise (2012) | |
| 103 | Melanie Martinez | Seven Nation Army | Non-album Single (2012) | |
| 104 | Amanda Brown | Stars | Non-album Single (2012) | |
| 105 | Volbeat | Still Counting | Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood (2008) | |
| 106 | Train | Drive By | California 37 (2012) | |
